Ripa Coffee
By Michael Mueller
“Nice people drink good coffee” is the cheerful creed at Ripa, and the crowd packing this Eixample microroastery seems happy to prove it. It’s one of the most popular specialty spots in the city, and unlike most cafés on this list, Ripa roasts the beans it pours – so what’s in your cup was likely roasting nearby a few days earlier.
The menu runs on single origins that rotate with what’s good – beans from Cajamarca, the Cerrado, the Huila highlands of Colombia and beyond – pulled as tight flat whites or poured long and cold. A case of pastries backs it up; the cinnamon rolls and banana bread have their own fan club. The room is bright and design-led, the kind of bench-and-counter setup made for a morning that drifts longer than planned.
For all the polish, there’s nothing precious about it. Order a flat white, grab a roll, and join the nice people. Good coffee, as promised.